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Ok then, what does a sensible person do while waiting for their Pedal Force frame to arrive, especially when said frame will be here in 4 week or so and move you up to 9 bikes? The sensible person would bide their time by riding the bikes they do have. Yes, that’s what a sensible person would do.
What did I do? Well I bought another frame and it arrived on Monday. Anyway, I have already beat myself up for buying another frame, saving everyone else the trouble – on to my story.
I was looking at a used Serotta Fierte Steel frame on eBay in my size that caught my eye and decided to do a little research on Serotta and the Fierte in particular. Among other places I looked, I checked out the Serotta forum and discovered that a Serotta forum member had already posted on the eBay frame asking what people thought. Another Serotta forum member replied that a brand new frame with fork and the lifetime factory warranty was available at a MA dealer for not much more that the eBay price, and he provided a link to the shop's web site.
It turned out to be a brand new ’05 Serotta Fierte Steel frame with a $1,200 list price selling for $649 including the factory spec. Kestrel EMS Pro OS Fork - so obviously I had no choice in the matter and had to buy it! This Serotta is far from being a lightweight, with the frame weighing 1950 grams and the Kestrel fork coming in at 510 grams, but I am looking for all day ride quality on this build and weight is not a concern.
The build was finished today, but due to heavy rains I haven’t been able to try it out as of yet, or even adjust the saddle - and the pictures that follow are taken in the garage instead of in front of the more traditional white garage door.
I ask for your forgiveness for this faux pas.
In any case, I will post additional pictures and a ride report when the weather clears. In the mean time, my garage shots will have just have to do.
Here’s the build:
Frame: ’05 Serotta Fierte Steel
Fork: Kestrel EMS Pro OS
Groupset: Shimano Ultegra 10 speed
Crankset: Shimano R700 compact
Headset: Chris King 1 1/8 black
Bars: Ritchey WCS OS
Stem: Ritchey WCS 4-Axis 100mm stem
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS alloy
Saddle: Fizik Aliante – red
Bar Tape: Fizik Silver
Bottle Cages: Tacx Tao Silver
Wheels: Mavic Ksyrium Elite’s
Tires: Vittoria Open Corsa CX
Total weight: 20 lbs on the nose.
And now for the pictures . . .
The frame has a gorgeous jewel like finish and is absolutely flawless. In some of the pictures it appears otherwise, but this is all due to the flash and reflections.
Let me know what you think.
Full frame:
Seattube:
Made in USA label:
Columbus tubing label:
This is very cool – signatures of everyone who worked on the frame:
What did I do? Well I bought another frame and it arrived on Monday. Anyway, I have already beat myself up for buying another frame, saving everyone else the trouble – on to my story.
I was looking at a used Serotta Fierte Steel frame on eBay in my size that caught my eye and decided to do a little research on Serotta and the Fierte in particular. Among other places I looked, I checked out the Serotta forum and discovered that a Serotta forum member had already posted on the eBay frame asking what people thought. Another Serotta forum member replied that a brand new frame with fork and the lifetime factory warranty was available at a MA dealer for not much more that the eBay price, and he provided a link to the shop's web site.
It turned out to be a brand new ’05 Serotta Fierte Steel frame with a $1,200 list price selling for $649 including the factory spec. Kestrel EMS Pro OS Fork - so obviously I had no choice in the matter and had to buy it! This Serotta is far from being a lightweight, with the frame weighing 1950 grams and the Kestrel fork coming in at 510 grams, but I am looking for all day ride quality on this build and weight is not a concern.
The build was finished today, but due to heavy rains I haven’t been able to try it out as of yet, or even adjust the saddle - and the pictures that follow are taken in the garage instead of in front of the more traditional white garage door.
In any case, I will post additional pictures and a ride report when the weather clears. In the mean time, my garage shots will have just have to do.
Here’s the build:
Frame: ’05 Serotta Fierte Steel
Fork: Kestrel EMS Pro OS
Groupset: Shimano Ultegra 10 speed
Crankset: Shimano R700 compact
Headset: Chris King 1 1/8 black
Bars: Ritchey WCS OS
Stem: Ritchey WCS 4-Axis 100mm stem
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS alloy
Saddle: Fizik Aliante – red
Bar Tape: Fizik Silver
Bottle Cages: Tacx Tao Silver
Wheels: Mavic Ksyrium Elite’s
Tires: Vittoria Open Corsa CX
Total weight: 20 lbs on the nose.
And now for the pictures . . .
The frame has a gorgeous jewel like finish and is absolutely flawless. In some of the pictures it appears otherwise, but this is all due to the flash and reflections.
Let me know what you think.
Full frame:

Seattube:

Made in USA label:

Columbus tubing label:

This is very cool – signatures of everyone who worked on the frame:









